Geraldine Dahlke
Geraldine trained in sugarcraft at Brooklands College, and achieved the Silver City and Guilds Medal of Excellence at the end of her course, together with Gold and Silver Medals exhibiting at International level. Besides edible cakes, Geraldine creates inedible works of art from sugar and exploits the viewer’s turmoil of expectations: so often sugar is expected to be edible, short lived, and highly fragile. Much of Geraldine’s work challenges this, and part of the experience in viewing her work consists of the rethinking of these preconceptions. Email: g.dahlke@talk21.com.
To see other artwork, and information on courses and demonstrations by Geraldine please click here.
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Sugar Bowl, Pink |
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26 x 7cm, acrylic ink, castor and granulated sugar Not being able to touch or eat the sugar creates a feeling of tension and curiosity. Sugar Bowl Pink may surprise you, invite you to look into its depths and appreciate the intrinsic beauty of such a familiar and common commodity. SOLD |
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Sugar Bowl, Blue |
26 x
26 x 6cm acrylic ink, granulated sugar There is a certain tension between our expectations of sugar, the similarity to breadcrumbs, and the knowledge that the permanent blue ink renders the bowl inedible. Look deeply into the depths and let the eye wander across the textures for a meditative experience. SOLD |
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Hydrangea Head |
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32 x 28cm, florist wire, tape, and stamens, with Platinum Flower Paste. Here the scale of the flower head and the unnatural colouring of the stamens removes the flower from nature and forces it into the realm of sculpture. The fragility of the petals are protected by the menacing posture of the roots, themselves fragile and without substance. SOLD |
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Drifting Hydrangeas |
39 x 44 x 4 cm royal icing, petal dusts on laminated chipboard, sprayed with a protective acrylic seal. £175 |
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Young Lady |
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32 x 1.5 cm, royal icing, inedible dyes on laminated hardboard, sprayed with
a protective acrylic seal. £175 Fascinated by the ladies from Africa and their traditional dress, Geraldine designed this head to pay homage to their grace, beauty and intelligence. |
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Red Cake |
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10 x cm, polystyrene dummy, sugarpaste and royal icing Sugarpaste and
royal icing have been used to create textures, while the red paste and
organic-like design deceives us into associating the piece with red roses. (This piece has been sponsored by M&B Specialist Confectioners Ltd. www.mbsc.co.uk ) |
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Cubed Three Tier Cake |
30 x
30 x 70cm sugarpaste on polystyrene dummies Introducing a development of inlaid sugarpastes, designed to make cake coatings more expressive. |
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My Back Garden |
25 x 25 x 3 cm sugarpaste, pastillage and royal icing. This piece was the
subject of a day’s workshop in Japan in May 2003. |
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Pigs Might Fly |
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30 x 37 cm caster sugar, platinum paste, sugarpaste, on wire, and plaster. Lying in her
stall, does the pig dream of freedom? A cry against factory farming. Now on permanent display at North Lindsey College, Scunthorpe. |
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Holiday Snapshot |
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82 x 5cm royal icing on laminated chipboard, sprayed with a protective
acrylic seal. Mum finds the perfect view, and then……… Perhaps the son's interruption is the preferred picture in years to come. |
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Tulips |
50 x 44 x 6 cm royal icing and pastels, sprayed with a protective acrylic seal. £300 |
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Apple Blossom Cake |
30 x 30 x 14 cm sugarpaste and royal icing on a polystyrene base. Featured in the magazine 'Sugarcraft'. This design was recreated in a two day workshop at Tsuneyo’s Creative Cake & Craft Design Studio in Japan in May 2003 |
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If you would like to see other artwork by Geraldine Dahlke, including information on courses and demonstrations please click here. |